good read on TRT / Befort career resurgence

Right off we might as well talk about it.

Why not? We're thinking about it, whether we want to admit it or not. How could we not be, when it's right there staring us in the face?

Vitor Belfort pulls off an amazing spinning heel kick against Luke Rockhold at UFC on FX 8, then declares that he's "stronger than ever," and it's like he's begging us to talk about it. On the broadcast we hear references to his impressive career turnaround, and it feels like they're hinting at the things they can't or don't dare say.

Or maybe they aren't. At least not intentionally. Maybe it's a Freudian slip, or no slip at all. Maybe it's just that when you get an elephant this big in a room this small – and when that elephant keeps stomping on the heads of all who come near it – anything you say feels like it's either directed right at the damn thing or else conspicuously avoiding mention of it.

'you see, when i was young, i was very strong and aggressive. i recovered from training very quickly, it was awesome. getting older, those attributes faded a bit. don't matter though. it's legal for me to inject this stuff in my ass. you wouldn't believe how much better i feel. those other guys who aren't using this stuff are crazy! I'm gonna smoke those old dudes and prolly most of the youngsters as well lol. tell me this is a bad thing? i've never been so happy, get out of my way '

Could possibly help you kick quicker/harder though, which could have a direct impact on how effective the kick is/amount of time you have to put your hands up/move out of the way.

At the end of the day, the vast majority would take an unfair advantage if there was no risk of getting caught though. Especially when they KNOW people they are competing against already have the advantage. Doesn't make it right but is it really fair to single out Belfort/Reem etc when it's obvious this is going on with other fighters who are just lucky enough to get away with it thus far.